Jacob Rees-Mogg admits: I told Boris to back amendment and save Paterson
The Leader of the House admitted that in hindsight, the move to save Owen Paterson had been a "really obvious mistake to have made".
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Boris Johnson admits he could have handled lobbying scandal ‘better’
“Of course, I think things could certainly have been handled better, let me put it that way, by me," the prime minister has said.
#SackJacobReesMogg trends amid revelations he didn’t declare £6 million
It comes after Rees-Mogg led the government’s recent attempts to rip up the Commons’ standards rules to protect former Tory MP Owen Paterson from a lobbying row.
Anger over France ‘grumpy’ in October comment from Rees-Mogg
Rees-Mogg suggested Emmanuel Macron was suffering from "late Octoberitis" amid a fishing row with France.
WATCH: Sunak faces photo of Tories not wearing masks in Parliament
“Sounds a bit like, do as I say not as I do," Andrew Marr told Sunak.
Rees-Mogg: Tories won’t wear masks because they ‘know each other’
Jacob Rees-Mogg rubbished Sajid Javid's suggestion that people should wear masks in crowded spaces.
Jeremy Corbyn to thank for enabling Brexit – Rees-Mogg claims
“Without Jeremy Corbyn’s obduracy, stubbornness, we might not have got it – and I think it came very close to not happening.”
Watch: Disability campaigner confronts ‘shameful’ Jacob Rees-Mogg in street
He accused the senior Tory of being “just another Eton millionaire” who looks down on disabled people.
Rees-Mogg slammed after saying MPs wearing face masks don’t work hard enough
"The same Jacob Rees Mogg that said the people who died in Grenfell did so because they didn't use their common sense?", wrote one Twitter user.